Cabbage and noodles, or haluski, is an "A-plus" recipe that comes together in a few simple steps. The hearty cabbage ...

The Political Meal That Fed Families Herbert Hoover served as president through the first years of the Depression and was ...

Use up the whole can of black beans; no need to leave a quarter cup to turn gooey in the back of the fridge. If you like heat ...

Volunteers donate meals from their own tables. Or, like the volunteers we caught up with at St. Jerome's Church in Northeast Philadelphia, they cook in church or synagogue kitchens. As the economy ...

The Great Depression was all about making do with what you've got, and this unique sandwich definitely brought the flavor using inexpensive ingredients.

It's a good bet that no one would guess that the sublime Sugar Cream Pie traces its roots back to the Depression era. The favorite of many a family is one of countless recipes from that period, a ...

It's a good bet that no one would guess that the sublime Sugar Cream Pie traces its roots back to the Depression era. The favorite of many a family is one of countless recipes from that period, a ...

Grandparents often have some, well, odd wisdom to share. Like the time I had a sore throat and my grandpa told me to take silver nitrate — not exactly conventional. Sometimes their advice came from a ...

Dot Nelson learned to cook before she was tall enough to reach the stove. Lucky for her, and her family, she lived on a farm. "I've cooked for as long as I can remember. When I couldn't reach the ...

"I was a young girl in the late '20s when my mom made this recipe, but it was called Eggless, Milkless, Butterless Cake." So writes Loretta DeWitte of Bettendorf in response to a cake recipe printed ...